Slave Trade

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Slaves were traded mostly in Arabia and traded by large quantities of Muslim Arabians. After the Arabians conquered China, they could finally control China’s talent in crafting treasured paper. Arabs would pay a lot of money to own a paper making Chinese slave. China began to turn to Islamic beliefs. Although slaves were imported from China, Arabs still continued to buy slaves and tools from East Africa. Muslim traders brought ‘Slavonic slaves from Scandinavia, and Jewish traders brought young slave boys and girls. Many merchants were found in Mecca and Jedda. Specially treated slaves took an honor class, one of which was working on military services. However, average slaves worked in dangerous conditions such as mines, fleets, salt marshes, or other exhausting work. These all helped the Arab’s economy by making time available for them to make extra supplies to trade in order to obtain money. Slaves were cramped together, not suitable for living conditions and forced to do backbreaking work. One man that fought back was Bernard Lewis who wrote books saying that the Muslims’ religion did not support slavery. The spread of Christianity helped change Great Britain, Western Europe, and the United States to turn against slavery.